"Alright, what I didn't like was not having a home and traveling all the time. I like killing" Yami replied.
"Is that so? I see, I'm sorry I didn't realize" Yuuji apologized, not giving importance to the part about her liking to kill, trying to impose Earth morals on an alien makes no sense.
"Yuu... big brother, why are you apologizing?" Yami asked, confused by Yuuji's actions.
"Well, you're my little sister now, right? I'm not sure how to be a good big brother, but at least I care about you. If I gave you something that reminded you of what you're trying to forget, I'd feel bad. Even so, I made a mistake because I don't know you well enough, so I apologized for not knowing you" Yuuji explained, being detailed since he knew Yami still didn't understand Earth matters or social interactions very well.
"Are families like that?" Yami asked.
"They are" Yuuji nodded.
"But shouldn't I be the one taking care of you? Mikan told me..."
"Stop!" Yuuji interrupted. "Mikan is an incredible little sister, but she became that way thanks to, or because of, the terrible big brother that Rito is. You can learn from her if you want, but her family relationship is terrible, so don't take it as the norm on Earth."
Yami thought about it for a second, on one hand were the words of her best and first friend, and on the other her new brother's, but although she hesitated for a moment, her memories of Rito made the balance naturally tilt toward Yuuji, deciding to believe him.
"I understand."
"Well, leaving that aside, since you're here it means it's already that time, huh? Time really flies. Let's have dinner" Yuuji said, changing the topic.
...
"This again?" Yami frowned.
"What's wrong with this?" Yuuji asked, looking at the food.
"You always take out that thing and cook it in that technological box, you do it every time, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Do people on Earth always eat like this? On other planets they usually cook" Yami said, seriously doubting whether all food on Earth came like this.
She was even thinking about whether she should buy some taiyaki so she could prepare them whenever she wanted.
"About that..."
"Of course not!" Lala interrupted both her thoughts and Yuuji's answer, appearing dressed in a pink uniform over her clothes this time. "The thing is Yuuji is lazy and, even though I'm almost sure he can cook, he prefers to just heat up his mother's food. He used to eat that every day in class recently."
"Is that so?" Yami asked to confirm.
"It's possible" Yuuji shrugged.
"No 'it's possible'" Lala replied. "But don't worry Yami, from now on I'll cook every day. Don't worry, if before I cooked excellent meals, with training I've reached excellent plus, with only Earth ingredients included."
Lala put her hands on her hips and puffed out her chest proudly as she spoke.
Yuuji and Yami just looked at her in silence, intending to see to believe.
...
Lala didn't take long to cook, although she used Earth ingredients and appliances, the technology in Yuuji's house wasn't exactly standard, so she finished quickly.
Minutes later the trio was already eating Lala's food, which turned out excellent. Although Yuuji already ate her food every day anyway, so he wasn't surprised.
Of course, that didn't mean he didn't enjoy it.
"It was delicious."
"Thank you very much."
Yuuji and Yami thanked her after finishing eating.
"Alright, now I'll demonstrate my wife skills and take care of washing" Lala declared with the enthusiasm Yami had come to accept and that Yuuji loved about her.
"That's not necessary, we're not in the last century, since you cooked I can at least wash, otherwise I'll turn into a freeloader" Yuuji said, standing up.
However, as he moved the chair he felt another movement beside him exactly the same, when he turned his head he met Yami's gaze, extremely firm and determined.
"Big brother, washing is the duty of the little sister" she said in a monotone voice but with strong intent.
"I already told you Rito is the weird one, in normal families they support each other" Yuuji said without backing down.
"Then I'll do it today and you can do it tomorrow."
"What if...?"
Boom!
While Yuuji and Yami argued, an explosion sounded in the kitchen.
When they went there, they found their new window, several meters tall and even longer, from where they could even see Rito and Mikan through their window, who waved at them.
After waving back, Yuuji looked at Lala. "Lala, what did you do?"
"I tried to use Dora to wash but... it didn't work" Lala said, lowering her head in embarrassment.
"Tell me that what you used to build the rooms can fix walls, because if not, it's going to be very cold tonight" Yuuji sighed.
Realizing, Lala nodded strongly and ran upstairs to get whatever she had used before.
Yuuji just gave an amused sigh and sat down again while waiting.
"Now that I think about it, I could fix it with Earthbending plus Building" Yuuji thought. "Forget it, she already went to get it, so let her handle it."
"It's incredible that washing dishes turns into something like this" he muttered to himself, but the person who sat next to him heard him.
"Why are you smiling?" Yami asked with genuine curiosity.
"Well, isn't it fun?"
"It is? I think most people would consider this a nuisance. I'm surprised you don't, with your personality" Yami said.
"There's a thin line that separates a nuisance from a fun situation."
"And what is that line?"
Yuuji thought seriously about the answer, since he wasn't sure either. Suddenly he remembered something similar had already happened.
When he had just arrived in this world, Zastin destroyed the wall of his apartment, and although Yuuji had him repair it, he decided to simply save himself the trouble and got another house with his parents' help.
He considered it so annoying that he never brought it up again, just let his family handle everything.
Finally, Yuuji reached an answer.
"If Lala does it, then it's fun."
'Yeah, that's it' Yuuji nodded, satisfied with his own answer.
Yami looked at him silently for a few seconds with a complex expression before finally speaking.
"...Big brother."
"Yes?"
"I hope I never fall in love and lose the ability to think."
"Please don't insult your big brother" Yuuji said flatly before extending a hand to Yami's hair and playing with it. "I just hope that if you do, it's not with Rito."
At those words, Yami shuddered immediately, not even willing to consider the idea, her hair transformed into the largest number of weapons Yuuji had ever seen her create while she muttered to herself.
"Should I kill him to eliminate the possibility?... But that would make Mikan sad."
While Yami muttered to herself about whether to kill Rito or not, Lala finally returned with the D-Dial she had left in her room earlier, since all her inventions were there.
To Yuuji's surprise, she simply took out a hammer and hit a piece of wall that was still intact, both the wall and the fragments on the ground flickered with the tone of an old video game sound out of nowhere before mysteriously appearing repaired.
"Incredible, right? I deserve a compliment."
"Incredible, yes" Yuuji nodded before shrugging. "But you caused the problem in the first place, so it doesn't count."
"But the dishes are clean?!" Lala complained.
"What kind of logic is that?" Yuuji questioned as he confirmed her words.
And with that, the long day finally ended.
...
Or maybe not.
While Yuuji was lying in bed, he felt the door open and another figure get into his bed.
"Lala, what are you doing here?" Yuuji said with the tone of someone who had already expected it.
Lala poked her head out from under the blanket, ending up right in front of Yuuji.
"I decided to sleep with Yuuji" she said with a smile.
"I thought they had already explained that to you" Yuuji sighed.
"You underestimate me, Yuuji. After breaking off the engagement with Rito I researched everything about Earth romance, not only did I read about it, I also asked Mikan and Risa. That way, I reached a conclusion: Rito is an exception" Lala declared confidently.
"An exception?"
"That's right" Lala nodded as she moved even closer to Yuuji. "In reality, most boys would love to sleep with a beautiful girl naked."
"Well, you're right about that."
"Right? That means I can sleep with Yuuji or be naked, right?" Lala said with the excitement of someone who had just discovered paradise.
To her disappointment, Yuuji immediately shook his head.
"Please don't do that, Yami also lives here."
"Ah!" Lala realized and lowered her head disappointedly, but as she did, she remembered the other part. "But I can do it when sleeping with Yuuji, right?"
"I think that part is your fetish" Yuuji joked. "But yes, that's fine."
"Good" Lala nodded, satisfied.
"But not here, your bed is bigger, so let's go there" Yuuji added.
"Eh? But your bed isn't bigger because... No way, did you guess my plans?" Lala exclaimed as she realized.
"I told you: you're easy to read" Yuuji smiled.
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